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Monoceros
Monoceros may come from Latin monocerōs ‘unicorn’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmonocerōs‘unicorn’uncertain
- EnglishtodayMonoceros
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmonocerōs‘unicorn’uncertain
- EnglishtodayMonoceros
first attested First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but possibly created earlier by Petrus Plancius (as stated in the etymology)
The story
First recorded by the astronomer Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but possibly created earlier by Petrus Plancius.
Linked words
through Ancient Greek κέρας ‘horn’
Today it means
name A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a unicorn. It lies amid the Milky Way, just east of the constellation Orion.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin monocerōs / Monoceros